Trump called Gen. Mark Milley a “f***ing idiot” over his recommendations for handling Afghanistan.
Former President Donald Trump attacked Gen. Mark Milley during a Saturday event at Mar-a-Lago, where he had some choice words about the military official’s handling of Afghanistan.
“I’ll never forget Milley saying to me, ‘Sir, sir. It’s cheaper to leave the equipment than to bring it,’” Trump told the audience while adopting a mocking impersonation of Milley. “You think it’s cheaper to leave it there so they can have it than it is to fill it up with a half tank of gas and fly it into Pakistan or fly it back to our country?”
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“‘Yes, sir, we think it’s cheaper, sir,’” Trump said, continuing to impersonate Milley before stating: “That’s when I realized he was a fucking idiot.”
I know Trump claims he doesn’t drink, but he sounded even more like a drunk uncle at a wedding tonight than usual. Here, he calls General Milley a “f*cking idiot.” pic.twitter.com/YxUfY3suXm
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 5, 2021
Trump’s remarks took place at an event organized by the conservative advocacy organization Turning Point Action, a branch of the college organization Turning Point USA.
Later clips revealed Trump continuing to complain about how the 2020 election was “all rigged” and that “We’re never gonna forget 2020.”
The U.S. military gave the Afghan military nearly $83 billion in training and equipment before the Taliban took over Kabul in August. While troops destroyed some of the United States’s weapons in Afghanistan, the Taliban appear to have gotten hold of American weaponry after the sudden evacuation.
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Milley served as chief of staff of the Army from August 2015 to August 2019 before he was later appointed the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by Trump in 2018.
